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Athens burns as Greece struggles to implement spartan budget

Feb 15, 2012 Comments Off by

Athens, reputed to be the origin of democracy, is in the 21st century a pariah of the worst extremes of what government by the welfare state can do for an economy.  Civilization has ground to a halt as as the irate, impoverished population spasms in …

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ACRU Files Supreme Court Briefs Defending Arizona and Challenging ObamaCare

Feb 14, 2012 Comments Off by

“We see these cases as a crucial test of whether we will remain a self-governing republic or slide into the sort of massive welfare state and social chaos that characterizes many European countries.” 

– Susan A. Carleson, Chairman and CEO, American Civil Rights …

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The perfect post-debate advice for Gingrich

Jan 24, 2012 Comments Off by

Political predictions are often hard to make. Even people who are smart, savvy, and informed make them and then turn out to be wrong. We rarely go back and check, but it’s true even of the finest pundits.

Similarly, when pundits give advice about what a …

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New York City is not North Korea, but . . .

Jan 16, 2012 Comments Off

In the previous post, I wrote the following:

Most on the American left would not like to live in a country like North Korea any more than any other sane person would. And needless to say, we’re not like North Korea and never …

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The Ministry for Determining Whose Fake Tears Looked the Most Genuine

Jan 16, 2012 Comments Off

Back on December 19th, I wrote the following:

Kim Jong Il, the leader of one of the most extreme and complete versions of that monstrous ideology, has also left the world, and good riddance.

I will not excerpt any obituaries. North Korea …

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